We haven't had a thread directly about Holocaust songs, although you'll find many Holocaust songs posted in the threads crosslinked at the top of this page. It certainly would be nice to post a few songs. It takes some work to see if the songs have already been posted, since varieties of transliteration make searching difficult.

I recently bought a Tara Publications songbook and CD called Songs Never Silenced, by Velvel Pasternak (published in 2003). It's a nice book, but I think it's better to get the three Eleanor & Joseph Mlotek songbooks from Workmen's Circle first: Pearls of Yiddish Song, Songs of Generations: New Pearls of Yiddish Song, and Mir Trogn a Gesang: Favorite Yiddish Songs. The Mloteks cover Holocaust songs well, but also have many other songs. Workmen's Circle has CD's for sale, but I don't see songbooks just now. You can get all the Mlotek and Pasternak songbooks and others at http://www.jewishmusic.com.

I think the Holocaust song that strikes me most is Tsen Brider. It's an old song, but it applies so well to the horrible loss that took place in the Holocaust.

-Joe Offer-